Sunday, May 25, 2008

today prepared bengali dishes for lunch ,everything tasted good,.and yummy,..infact i was licking my fingers,..as i had prepared everything for the first time,..really enjoyed cooking,..ya it was tiring..but after eating i forgot everything,..felt so relaxed after eating,.that i didnt realize when i slept off while doing the strip for the comic event...:-)..

had prepared green mango curry yesterday which went well with the other dishes

now add ginger and green chilli paste,followed by turmeric,cumin and coriander

keep frying,add water if it starts sticking

now add sugar,mango and fry for another five minutes

now add water nad bring to boil

cover and cook...for 10 minutes

advay playing with veggies while i was cooking

ripe tomato and green mango chutney

i still remember the mango chutney my dadi used to prepare during summer holidays,have to still prepare this mango chutney ,,have to ask my mother for the recipe,..this chutney which i prepared yesterday tasted really good with other dishes...

prepared this finally ,.this dish is one of the regular one at my younger sis place in london...her flatmate and friend is bengali,..i always used to think how this recipe will taste,..today tried and it came out real well ,specially with misti pulao,,the combo rocked,..

ingredients

poppy seeds one tbsp soak for aN hour ,..and make paste
salt to taste
one inch of ginger,peeled and chopped
green chilli chopped
two potato peeled and hopped into wedges
mustard oil to cook
onion chopped one
pinch of sugar

procedure

make paste of ginger and green chilli and keep aside
heat oil and fry the potato wedges,keep aside

remove excess oil,in the same wok add sugar and sliced onion followed by ginger and green chilli paste

rice two cups soak for half an hour
soaked dryfruits like cashewnut and raisins
half of cauliflower broken into small pieces
one tsp sugar
cloves 5
green cardamom 4
cinnamon stick two inch broken into pieces
one small piece of mace

when i prepared vangi batata bhaji and vagharelo bhaat,..for dinner it was total disaster,..
reasons
curry was prepared without onion ,garlic,ginger and green chilli and my hubby didnt like the curry cause it was onionless etc
salt was less in both the dishes,..blame my short memory
rice was too plain
and the combo didnt match

had prepared these dishes for swc gujarat,have to still post the recipe,...
anyways after dinner my hubby had to eat icecream to change the taste..and obviously i was feeling really bad,..cause just like everyday i had prepared those dishes,..but they didnt come out well,,or in other words my hubby didnt liked it,..when we get praised for our cooking,,we forget easily,,,but when our cooking is not liked ,..that memory stays always,..inspired by that day,,created this strip for creare comic event,,,enjoy,..

hubby (thought) - huh,..what to tell him,,that by the time i reach i dont remember recipe name,..and everyday lunch is torture forme cause of the toi events,..i wonder,..whats there for todayslunch..??

back at home

hubby asks wife-" what was the brinjal curry which u prepared today for lunch??/? "